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Cyber

Perspecta Protesting $7.6 Billion DEOS Cloud Contract Award to GD

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, September 11th, 2019

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Perspecta Protesting $7.6 Billion DEOS Cloud Contract Award to GD

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Perspecta [PRSP] has filed a protest after losing out on a potential 10-year, $7.6 billion contract award to provide enterprise cloud computing services to the Pentagon. The company filed its post-award protest on Sept. 9, with a decision from the Government Accountability due by Dec. 18. Late last month, the Pentagon and the General Services Administration awarded a team led by CSRA, now part of General Dynamics [GD] IT (GDIT), the deal for the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions (DEOS) cloud…

Congress

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Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

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Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

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Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

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